Agantfleabag, not sure what your question was?

"i was curious about how my computer's performence looked."

You can't tell from a 'picture' your performance. Even if the CPU is at 100%, you might not be trying to 'do something' and it is a program that is using all CPU cycles available to it.

Memory, well, you have 2GB's and I assume 256MB's are carved out for motherboard video card usage and not available to the system.

Once you bring in a 'new' program, that is not one that is in the cache, you will use whatever is in the cache first, and could start swapping out other memory. That you would notice as a performance hit.

I assume you are running Vista, and if the 64 bit version, 2 more GB's of RAM would really help. If the 32bit version, that additional memory wouldn't all be seen, but it would improve overall 'feel' of the system.

Irv S.

Josh, those RAM "boosters" are worse than just a gimmick -- they will probably degrade performance. See this article by the How-To Geek where he describes the myth of the SnakeOil Memory Optimizer.

Josh, as I read it, the tutorial by Brink at VistaX64 does not claim that disabling QoS frees up 20% of unavailable bandwidth. He explains how QoS works, then explains how to disable it or change the amount. The myth is that 20% of your bandwidth would *never* be available to you unless you turn off QoS. I don't have QoS disabled because I use Voice (and Video) over IP and I don't like it when my calls are dropped!

It's good to be wary of tweaks and any programs that claim to tune-up or speed up your system. Doing research is an excellent idea.

Say, your registry is looking awfully dirty -- would you like me to clean it for you? :-P